Richard K. Isles

I hired Richard Isles to present my case. I had custody of my daughter 5 days a week because of medical neglect by mom for years. The neglect continued until our daughter was old enough for school. During that time the doctors had called cps on my ex for not picking up meds and more. All my paperwork... was very neat and in order by date. Everything was documented, even messages. When cps put on their report that they were investigating my ex for medical neglect for the fourth time, the first three saying mom was ordered to give medicine as prescribed by law officials and cps, mom failed to do so, case closed... wow right? So when they said she is guilty again and wanted to just close it I set up a meeting with cps to find out why they can't do their job. I left several messages for Richard, who had still done nothing on my case, as I needed advice on what to do during this meeting because I'm very emotional over my daughters condition that is worsening. Richard literally ignored me every time and would never call me back. During the meeting I called cps incompetent supporters of child abuse since they tried to say that the notes I had in my hand don't exist.. and the lady made a false report against me. (Later when I went high up and showed notes that lady was fired and a new report made saying my concerns were real and listed mom as neglecter. Before it was fixed though, I had to go to juvenile court. Richard Isles finally got a hold of me and told me don't worry, that he does juvenile cases and because I had just hired him and he hasn't used my retainer yet, he will allocate it all to that and I need to pay another $500. I then went to Richards office to pay and he wasn't there. His staff was and said I need to pay $1,500. (This whole incident is over 5 days) I told them I'd like to do what Richard said for $500 because my retainer of $3,000 is still full. They told me he will call me later. I called Richard every day morning and night for 4 days (juvenile court happens right away) and he refused to call me back. Finally, the day before court at 4:30pm I got a hold of him and all he told me is that he, over 4 days, used $2,850 preparing a 3/4 page draft declaration with tons of mistakes and misspelled words for FAMILY court and that I don't have enough time now for him to prepare. I told him this is wrong because I did everything I could to get a hold of him for juvenile. His response "I know you did everything you could and I'm telling you now I am not going to represent you. You can come pick up your remaining $150 and we are done." Next thing I hear from Richard is a bill for $500 and that $150 I can pick up wasn't there anymore. Richards lack of professionalism not only harmed my daughter physically and emotionally by him refusing to be there when I needed him even if he took $300 an hour for it.. then he told me not to worry he has me covers for new court only to quit on me 30 minutes before business close the day before.. but he also decided to take the entire $3,000 over a course of 4 days. His charges were $2,400 for a 3/4 page declaration with no supporting evidence and then some other misc charges.. again all over 4 days and AFTER juvenile court started.. so basically he knew it was worthless to do but Jesse a way to steal money then bail..and that's exactly what he did. I later told Richard I will be taking us to his licensing board and tribunal or whatever it's called to get your money back and he responded saying to come back in and we will talk about a full refund since he knows he was a crook. I told him I don't want to drive 90 miles to him for him to Jack me around and maybe refund.. his respond.. "I never said I'd maybe refund anything." Everything out of Richards mouth is a lie. His other reviews said a lot of what I did, especially stealing retainers and at this time he has 4 open cases against him for retainers and his license. STAY AWAY !!!

When you need aggressive representation, Mr. Isles is the attorney to retain. He is extremely professional and responsive to your needs. He deals with your issues in a timely manner. His staff is very professional and he has extremely high standards in his practice. He is well known and liked by ...his peers and the courts. If you need an attorney that will fight completely for you and your child, then retain Mr. Isles. He handled my case personally and was brilliant. I would highly recommend him Mr. Isles.

Horrible Attorney, does not return emails or phone calls. Missed 2 of 3 hearings I hired him for. Quit before my 3rd hearing, but not until I met with him to discuss hearing and paid additional 3500 cash. Then to find out he had no plan on attending my hearing and then rescheduled the next hearing f...or 3 months out...this guy is a Complete waste of time and money. he could not even get a Financial statement correct or accurately represent my Family. Negotiated without me even reviewing documents and a POOR communication. Quoted $5,000 and ran up 10,000 in a short time, billing statements would have 1 line item of " 8 hours reviewing case only charged for 5" total B.S. if he spent more than 2 hours reading my file, I don't believe it as he did not know me or my situation at all. My custody went from 50/50 to 75/25 due to not being prepared when he did show up in court and my paychecks are now $27.00 every 2 weeks! Thank you for screwing up my life! I now have to redo everything Isles office has touched. DO NOT USE RICHARD ISLES.

The Attorneys’ and Support staff in the Riverside, CA office worked well with all clients. Even if the attorney is at court the support staff is able to assist and answer questions and/or concerns so no phone call is a waste of time. My divorce case was represented and resolved with exceptional resul...ts, my attorney represented me on every level and was able to secure all requested items from listed on the judgment. The opposing counsel made everyone wait 2.5 hours and my attorney stayed with me the entire time, discussed strategy, possible changes and end results by the time everyone was ready to go into MSC I was able to let me attorney handle the case and discussions with confidence. I appreciate the time and effort of this law firm!

Mr. Isles office was very receptive and empathetic to my situation during my initial call for advice. After meeting with Mr. Isles for the first time I was confident that I had made the right decision. Most offices have multiple attorneys that represent the firm but Mr. isles agreed to represent me h...imself without hesitation. Mr. Isles was both punctual and professional in addition to being considerate and responsive with all of my requests. I would highly recommend Mr. Isles to any potential client in need of a family law attorney.